Teacher Fired For Putting Out Fire, Saving Kids

Arlington, FL – Today in news that makes you go “whaaaaaat,” a teacher was fired after saving a group of kids by putting out a fire.

Michelle Hammack was fired from Little Temples Childcare facility on Wednesday on a protocol technicality. A fire had started in a nearby classroom, causing Hammack to investigate. She found an oven fire and rushed in to put the fire out.

The fire alarm went off, and she went back to her classroom to wake up her napping students. She brought them all outside but forgot to do a headcount before rushing back in to make sure there were no other children left behind.